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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 594-601Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2004.10.013
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To disperse their spores to new sites, filamentous fungi and bacteria need to erect aerial filaments, which develop into fruiting bodies and spore-bearing structures. The first challenge to aerial development is breaking surface tension at an aqueous-air interface, and in both groups of microorganisms, surface-active proteins take part in the initiation of aerial morphogenesis. Comparative analysis of fungi and bacteria is providing new insights into the means by which aerial filamentation is accomplished.
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